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Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:47:17 -0700Joomla! 1.7 - Open Source Content Managementen-gbMENDOCINO CURRENTS: KILLER WHALES! - THURSDAY 9AMhttp://kzyx.org/index.php/entry/mendocino-currents-killer-whales-thursday-9am-
http://kzyx.org/index.php/entry/mendocino-currents-killer-whales-thursday-9am-Our news department presents some of our work developed when covering coastal issues. We will broadcast a conversation we had in Gualala last week at Trink's with Naked Whale Research founder and director, Jodi Smith. She is studying the killer whale pods off of the coast. Smith has spent the last 14 years studying the pods at their summer home in the San Juan Islands. Researchers were not sure where they spent the winter months. But the fact is, they are here off of the Mendocino Coast.

We will replay the piece Lorraine Dechter produced about the Point Arena Lighthouse. They are involved in some joint projects with Jodi Smith's Naked Whale Research group, including a revamping of the Whale Watch room and the installation of hydrophones to pick up the ocean sounds, including the whales who travel by.

Reporter Sheri Quinn recently had her coverage of the seal pups washing up on the shoreline broadcast on the California Report (KQED). We will hear her story, and hear the latest developments.

]]>joelcello@yahoo.com (Music Without Borders)UncategorizedMon, 30 Mar 2015 12:04:19 -0700Regarding Those "Fuzzouts"http://kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/general-managers-blog/entry/regarding-those-qfuzzoutsq
http://kzyx.org/index.php/about-us/station-business/general-managers-blog/entry/regarding-those-qfuzzoutsqHere is the situation as I understand it.

As you may know, the line-of-sight between the Philo STL and the Cold Springs STL (which sends the signal to the transmitter and then on to 88.1 and 91.7) is not good. The trees have grown too tall and the pole the send antenna is on was never high enough to begin with. This has been true since before I got here.

Because that base STL signal is weaker than it should be, it is more suseptible to something interfering if the conditions of the interference are strong. In this case, the 3 CHP radios, when they all come on in a certain way, create a big and loud interference with the 950 megahertz STL frequency that we use. A few weeks ago we mitigated that interference pretty well by improving the shielding around our STL input cables.

Last week the power supply for the STL units failed. I went up and found other places to plug them in. Friday I went back up and installed a new power supply. While there I did move a couple of those input cables some, but I put them back where they had been. However, their shielding may have been fragile enough that when I put them back the protection was compromised. I have to go back up there either today or tomorrow to solder a power wire that had broken and is now held in place rather delicately. While there I will try to improve the shielding to get it back to the level of protection it had.

But until we solve the line-of-sight problem, we are going to be plagued with this or some other related problems because the base signal is less than half of what it should be. It isn't strong enought o overcome that loud fuzz from the CHP radios.

I do not know how much higher the pole here needs to be in order to regain line-of-sight. My idea right now is to use a drone to hover above the pole and take pictures at various heights to see where line-of-sight is regained. If it is too high and we can't raise the pole then the other solutions require the vastly more complex and expensive re-routing of the signal path so it originates in Ukiah or Willits. I have described that scenario in detail in the past. Ultimately this is the way to go.

But we do not have that kind of money right now nor are we likely to get it very soon. The fact is, we are in decent fiscal shape right now but looking ahead a mere couple of months, we have got to raise more money locally or we are going to not only be unable to afford these improvements, but we will again face cutbacks. Right now is when the CPB is giving us the $54K less. Our grant payment is due in days. This year it's $33K. Last year it was more than $80K.

]]>gm@kzyx.org (John Coate)Station BusinessMon, 30 Mar 2015 10:42:58 -0700PODCAST POSTED: Wildoak Living Mon March 30: GREEN CLEANING - FIRE SAFETY - 20 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT DOGS - SHERRIE SMITH FERRI, GRACE HUDSON MUSEUMhttp://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/self-help-and-sustainability/wildoak-living/entry/podcast-posted-wildoak-living-mon-march-30-green-cleaning-fire-safety-20-things-to-know-about-dogs-sherrie-smith-ferri-grace-hudson-museum
http://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/self-help-and-sustainability/wildoak-living/entry/podcast-posted-wildoak-living-mon-march-30-green-cleaning-fire-safety-20-things-to-know-about-dogs-sherrie-smith-ferri-grace-hudson-museumWildoak Living, the radio program about living sustainably in Mendocino County and beyond, airs every other Monday at 9am PT. On Monday, March 30, the program topic were:

New Exhibit at Grace Hudson Museum Ukiah

Green Spring Cleaning

Calfire Wildfire Safety Regulations

20 Things to Know about Dogs

Johanna "Wildoak" talks with Sherrie Smith-Ferri, Executive Director of the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, about a new exhibit, Ignite! The Art of Sustainability. It features 13 of California’s foremost environmental artists connecting with their natural surroundings. They use a variety of traditional as well as unconventional media and draw on art, science, spirituality and social justice. Find out more about the exhibit here: http://www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/

Johanna will also share information about simple, non-toxic spring cleaning, wildfire safety and 20 things to know about dogs.

Listen to Wildoak Living live every other Monday at 9am Pacific Time on Mendocino County Public Broadcasting (KZYX) --- live on the radio at 88.1, 90.7 and 91.5 in Mendocino County and in Northern Sonoma, Lake and Southern Humboldt counties. --- also live on the web at www.kzyx.org

Listen anytime to podcasts or share them with friends and find more information about topics and guests at www.wildoakliving.org.

Thank you for listening to Wildoak Living and for supporting public/community radio!

]]>Johanna@wildoak.org (Wildoak Living)UncategorizedMon, 30 Mar 2015 10:31:39 -0700Afghan Women's Voices: Sarah Reith with Massouda Jalalhttp://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/womens-voices/entry/afghan-womens-voices-sarah-reith-with-massouda-jalal
http://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/womens-voices/entry/afghan-womens-voices-sarah-reith-with-massouda-jalalDr. Massouda Jalal is the first woman to run for President in Afghanistan—not once, but twice. She served as the minister of women’s affairs under former President Karzai, and today she is a tireless campaigner for women’s rights, traveling all over the world to speak on behalf of women in Aghanistan. She is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the Leadership Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Upliftment from the World CSR Congress on February 18, 2015 at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai, India. She is the founder of the Jalal Foundation, where readers can browse some of her many articles on women’s rights. She is the author, with Dr. Mario Silva, of the book Hanging by a Thread: Afghan Women’s Rights and Security Threats. She is several times braver than just about anyone I have ever heard of, pursuing her goals in full awareness of the danger she faces every day.

]]>blake@snakelyone.com (Women's Voices)UncategorizedSun, 29 Mar 2015 11:46:10 -0700Sarah Reith with Sarah Kamalhttp://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/womens-voices/entry/sarah-reith-with-sarah-kamal
http://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/womens-voices/entry/sarah-reith-with-sarah-kamalIn this conversation that is equal parts academic quest and action-packed adventure story, Sarah Kamal discusses her work with women's media in Afghanistan. In 2003, she was in Herat, working on Radio Sahar, the country's first women-run radio station. The governor was Ismail Khan, a former Mujahid known for his disapproval of women taking part in public life. Sarah Kamal tells the story of how Radio Sahar found its voice in the complicated landscape of Afghanistan, where oral and literary traditions meet in surprising ways.

In the second half, she talks about how she traveled to a remote, impoverished mountain village, to discover for herself what the most vulnerable Afghans expect from a radio broadcast. She makes important points about the limits and possibilities of the media, feminism, and her own research in solving some of the knottiest problems in Afghanistan today.

]]>blake@snakelyone.com (Women's Voices)UncategorizedFri, 06 Mar 2015 14:02:14 -0800Busy Bees!http://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/self-help-and-sustainability/the-ecology-hour/entry/busy-bees
http://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/self-help-and-sustainability/the-ecology-hour/entry/busy-beesOur guest tonight is Dr. Gordon Frankie, Professor of Entomology at UC Berkeley and Director of the Urban Bee Laboratory. Specializing in behavioral ecology of solitary bees, he has conducted surveys in urban settings (including Ukiah) and discovered more diversity than one might have suspected. Join us at 7:00 to hear some of the scientific findings about these fascinating insects.

10:44AM-10:48AM (3:46) Alison Krauss & Union Station “Any Old Time” from The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - a Tribute on Egyptian/Columbia

10:48AM-10:50AM (2:31) Asleep at The Wheel “The Girl I left Behind Me (with The Avett Brothers)” from Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys on Bismeaux Records

10:50AM-10:54AM (3:28) Hot Club of Cowtown “Back in Your Own Backyard” from Rendezvous In Rhythm (2012) on Gold Strike Records

10:54AM Set break

10:55AM-10:57AM (2:21) Riders In the Sky “Be Honest With Me” from Public Cowboy #1: A Centennial Salute to the Music of Gene Autry (2007) on New Rounder

]]>jimmy@pacific.net (Humble Pie)Music - AmericanaSat, 28 Mar 2015 12:27:47 -0700Consider This: March 27, 2015 - The Afterlifehttp://kzyx.org/index.php/entry/consider-this-march-27-2015-the-afterlife
http://kzyx.org/index.php/entry/consider-this-march-27-2015-the-afterlifeMy guest on this program is Baylor University professor Greg Garrett. He teaches classes in fiction and screenwriting, literature, film and popular culture, and theology. He is the author or co-author of three dozen short stories, a dozen scholarly articles, and twenty books of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. Dr. Garrett is also Residential Scholar at Gladstone’s Library in Wales and a licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Church. We’ll be talking on this show about his most recent book, Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination, which explores answers to the question, “What lies in store for us after we die?”

Also, a descendant of the original Chinese immigrants to Mendocino County joins us this morning at 9am for some amazing stories about the county's Chinese cultural connections.Lorraine Hee-Chorley, author of the book Chinese in Mendocino County, is a docent and trustee of The Temple of Kwan Tai in Mendocino, (45160 Albion Street). Hee-Chorley is of the 4th generation of the founders' descendents, who have preserved this original Taoist temple, California Registered Historic Landmark No. 927.

]]>lorraine@kzyx.org (Lorraine)UncategorizedTue, 17 Mar 2015 05:57:22 -0700Forthright Radio 3-18-15DRUG WAR CAPITALISM by DAWN PALEYhttp://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/forthright-radio/entry/forthright-radio-3-18-15drug-war-capitalism-by-dawn-paley
http://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/forthright-radio/entry/forthright-radio-3-18-15drug-war-capitalism-by-dawn-paleyTo listen to this archived edition of Forthright Radio originally broadcast on 3-18-15, click on thislink.Dawn Paley is a journalist from Vancouver, British Columbia, or as she points out, Occupied Coast Salish Territories. She has written for magazines and newspapers including The Guardian, The Nation, Vancouver Sun, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, The New Republic and many others. Her RADIO and television work has been featured on Democracy Now!, Free Speech radio News, and CBC Radio. She has worked as a researcher for clients including Mining Watch Canada, Naomi Klein and others. Her masters thesis project proposed that journalists should study transnational theory as a prerequisite for responsible foreign correspondence, and as you will hear, she practices what she preaches.DRUG WAR CAPITALISM is a very different take on the so-called war on drugs, focusing on Latin America, published by AK Press.]]>forthrightradion@gmail.com (Forthright Radio)Public Affairs and Local NewsWed, 18 Mar 2015 14:59:16 -0700Forthright Radio- DRONES&TARGETED KILLIING: LEGAL,MORAL&GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES/MARJORIE COHN & RICHARD FALKhttp://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/forthright-radio/entry/forthright-radio-dronesatargeted-killiing-legalmoralageopolitical-issuesmarjorie-cohn-a-richard-falk
http://kzyx.org/index.php/talk-shows/politics-and-public-affairs/forthright-radio/entry/forthright-radio-dronesatargeted-killiing-legalmoralageopolitical-issuesmarjorie-cohn-a-richard-falkTo listen to this archived edition of Forthright Radio, broadcast on 3-4-15 click on this link.

In the first hour, we welcome back Professor Marjorie Cohn, who is the editor of DRONES AND TARGETED KILLING: LEGAL, MORAL AND GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES, published by Olive Branch Press. In the second half of the show, we speak with Professor Richard Falk, whose essay, WHY DRONES ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS, is included in the book. Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego. She is the former president of the National Lawyers Guild. Her books include COWBOY REPUBLIC: 6 WAYS THE BUSH GANG HAS DEFIED THE LAW; RULES OF DISENGAGEMENT: THE POLITICS AND HONOR OF MILITARY DISSENT; and she edited THE UNITED STATES AND TORURE: INTERROGATION, INCARCERATION AND ABUSE.Richard Falk is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus at Princeton University. He is currently research professor at Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies at the U. of CA at Santa Barbara. Richard Falk was the Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestine for the UN Human Rights Council from 2008 to 2014, as well as expert advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly. He has published more than 50 books, most recently LEGALITY & LEGITIMACY IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS, and PATH TO ZERO: DIALOGUES ON NUCLEAR DANGERS.

11:40AM-11:44AM (4:32) Two Pianists (Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhaes “Prelude in C# minor (arranged by the composer for two pianos)” composed by Sergei RACHMANINOFF from Complete Works for Two Pianos (2007) on Universal Music Portugal

10:45AM-10:47AM (2:32) Asleep at The Wheel “The Girl I left Behind Me (with The Avett Brothers)” from Still the King : Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys on Proper Records

10:47AM-10:51AM (3:20) Asleep at The Wheel “I Can't Give You Anything but Love (with Kat Edmonson & Ray Benson)” from Still the King : Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys on Proper Records

10:51AM-10:54AM (3:07) Asleep at The Wheel “Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson & The Quebe Sisters)” from Still the King : Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys on Proper Records

]]>jimmy@pacific.net (Humble Pie)Music - AmericanaSat, 14 Mar 2015 12:11:56 -0700Consider This: March 13, 2015 - Get What's Yours from Social Securityhttp://kzyx.org/index.php/entry/consider-this-march-13-2015-get-whats-yours-from-social-security
http://kzyx.org/index.php/entry/consider-this-march-13-2015-get-whats-yours-from-social-securityWe talk with the authors of Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security. Correspondent Paul Solman hosts the online site Making Sen$e for the PBS Newshour, and is a frequent contributor to the program itself. Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor at Boston University, a Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, President of Economic Security Planning, Inc., a company specializing in financial planning software, and the Director of the Tax Analysis Center.

Nothembi with Akanamandl' Usathana from Rough Guide to the music of South Africa

Dorothy Masuka with Mfan' Omncane from Women of Africa

Kaissa with Wa from Women of the World Acoustic

Eneida Marta with Mindjer Doce Mel from Acoustic Africa

Dobet Gnahore with Palea from Acoustic Africa

Faya Tess & Lokua Kanza with Bana from Acoustic Africa

Rokia Traore with Lalla from Beautiful Africa

Dobet Gnahore with Dala from Na Africa

Chiwoniso with Vanorapa from Rebel Woman

Oumou Sangare with Yala from Oumou

Rokia Traore with Koronoko from Tchamantche

Zap Mama with Belge Zairoise from Seven

Maria de Barros with Riberonzinha from Nha Mundo

Kaissa with O Si Keka from World Reggae

Maria de Barros with El Tambem J'dame from Danca Ma Mi

Fatoumata Diawara with Sowa from Fatou

Rokia Traore with Tounka from Tchamantche

Angelique Kidjo with Orubaba from Oremi

Chiwoniso with Matsotsi from Rebel Woman

Dobet Gnahore with Issa from Na Africa

]]>bethlang8@gmail.com (World Tour)Music - WorldThu, 12 Mar 2015 13:44:45 -0700Ft. Bragg: Old Coast Bar & Grill and The Hospitality Househttp://kzyx.org/index.php/entry/ft-bragg-old-coast-bar-a-grill-and-the-hospitality-house
http://kzyx.org/index.php/entry/ft-bragg-old-coast-bar-a-grill-and-the-hospitality-houseI wanted to provide you with the link for the newscast with the story about the efforts of the Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center to create a homeless-mentally ill transitional housing, training and education facility the Old Coast Hotel On Oak & Franklin Street in downtown Ft. Bragg. It's a contentious local issue, with actions ranging from a city CBDG grant of $1.2 million, to threats of recalling the city's mayor and some city council members. Here we find out what it is that's actually being planned, and why the Hospitality House thinks downtown is right location for their project. And we hear from those against the project as well, from a rally that was held on Friday, March 6th.